SFist: Horrors: Newsom's Hawaiian Weekend Getaway

golfer4life33

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:31:24 -0800

nope, no eloping. He is still in love with Kimberly "the mouth" gilfoyle.

agirlsgirl

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:13:18 -0800

I sure hope he isn't eloping with the Fembot.

Cement Brunette

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:53:23 -0800

It disturbs me that I think that picture is kinda hot.

ChinaNob

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:39:43 -0800

I see - so anyone criticizing St. Newsom is petulant? Well, I guess its only fair - I think of most Newsom supporters as slavish, greedy ballwashers, so I guess we're even. As for Peskin being a bully - good for him. I realize out here in namby-pamby land that its a crime to hurt someone's feelings, but out there in the rest of the country, big city politics are expected to be rough-and-tumble and the best - and most effective - local politicos are the ones who aren't afraid to knock heads. Peskin is just filling an oh-so-obvious leadership vaccuum at City Hall.

RinconHillSF

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:12:11 -0800

So, if Newsom skipped his vacation and stuck around to have photos in the press of him disposing of hazardous materials, would he be a media whore and the worst mayor ever for grandstanding, a la Rudy Guiliani and 9/11 style, at this time? I recognize that a portion of San Franciscans just hate Newsom and want to tear down anything the man tries to do for the City, but I do wish y'all would step away from the passions and think about what you're saying. Petulance.

Ciaran

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:59:26 -0800

It's bad enough with DiFi et al uselessly blowing hot air about the spill. We don't need Gavin all over the tv too. And what exactly was he going to do if he was here at the weekend?

bluecanary

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:51:30 -0800

Sounds like he's following the George W. Bush playbook, except instead of clearing brush while the country burns, Newsom's in Hawaii, frolicking in the surf. I've said it before and I'll say it again. He's just an empty-headed, clueless suit. Like Bush, without the bombs and craziness.

mcas

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:44:32 -0800

Two things from the Matier & Ross article: 1) Besides, he added, he hadn't had a weekend off in a year. .... what about his ski trip to Switzerland in January??? 2) "I was gone all of two days, and it turned out to be one of the worst weekends of my life." ... what was so bad about the weekend? Is him and Jennifer over? Aww, poor baby.

pancakebreakfast

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:42:36 -0800

i know if were running for an office with only token opposition and 75% approval ratings, i'd need a vacation afterwards

jameth

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:01:26 -0800

the stress from the election campaign was such a drain on him. he needed a vacation. come on.

elihu_hernandez13

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:44:32 -0800

I need to update everyone on the events of the oil spill and how it happened: Gavin was showing his girlfriend his new boat, then the waters in the bay started to get a little rough and the Mayor got his hair wet.

suckafree

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:04:55 -0800

this was just peskin at his best, trying to deflect the fact that he's about to be exposed for bullying every city dept head every since he took over as president of the board. he learned from the best bully in town, i figure, daly.

katerose26

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:43:19 -0800

Anyone who defends the Mayor's absence during this debacle simply doesn't get it. He should've been here, bottom line. What is most shocking to me is that Newsom didn't even inform Dufty that he was leaving, one of his assistants did, and well after the scope of the spill was understood. Furthermore, Newsom informed no one else of his departure. Must've been too busy packing his banana hammocks and hair gel to bother picking up the phone. Nice to know the Mayor cares about our City when it REALLY counts. I want my vote back.

Jerry Jarvis

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:08:41 -0800

By what I have seen so far, we are lucky that one of those supertankers that are full of oil hasn't spilled their cargo. If one were to, we would loose the whole bay and then some. If we can't react quickly enough to contain a 58k gallon spill there is no way there is a plan to contain a 580k gallon one.

cranky

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:25:59 -0800

No one has made this comment: The Gavster could have put his floppy non slicked back hair in the Bay and soaked up the entire spill with his magical hairdo!

golfer4life33

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:24:04 -0800

Very Very sad. The city of San Francisco puts their trust in Mayor Gavin Newsom, despite all his raunchy behavior and then he ditches them in a crisis and runs off with his blonde hollywood D list actress, who is trying to further her career by dating him. Why does he get mixed up with wicked women who have no interest in his welfare. A good woman would tell him to stay and not venture off on a wild vacation and leave a city and it's wildlife drenched in thick rotting oil. Can we do a recount? This guy needs to get to work and stop drinking beers after his rehab!

RinconHillSF

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:53:17 -0800

I know this is remarkable, but veteran's day is a holiday for municipalities and lotsa other government and bank types. Newsom is okay to take a weekend off. Hell, we have that retard of a President taking months at a time off to go fishing while kids are dying in Afghanistan and Iraq for his friends' oil and other investments. One weekend ... a holiday weekend for Newsom where he should've taken Monday off ... and folks are blowin' nuts about it? Puhleeze... there's a reason Newsom has had 70%+ approval from voters since the beginning of time (and it is the opposite reason that Chris Daly has about 18% approval from voters Citywide). We like him ... and he gets shit done in a reasonable fashion.

we_are_kevin

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:16:30 -0800

We are all missing the important point: where are the shirtless pictures?

katerose26

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:54:20 -0800

FINALLY!!! I've been shocked by the lack of attention this story has received. The fact that the mayor has been a total no-show on this is ridiculous.

RobInSF

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:33:40 -0800

There was an election? j/k : (

sagitta100

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:31:49 -0800

I'm surprised Peskin didn't also tell the media he considered Newsom a "flight risk".

Brock Keeling

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:27:32 -0800

um, like just because. ...but nice try.

PRBurkley

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:25:30 -0800

Um, why is this post-worthy information?

Agent510

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:49:16 -0800

Sorry to crash the anti-Newsom party again, but is there really much of anything the mayor could have done about this in SF that he couldn't do over a phone line? As much as you'd like to picture Newsom frolicking around on a beach the whole time, there is such a thing as a "working vacation". And it's not like the rest of the city government was sitting around on their asses. At least the mayor seems to care, unlike another, higher-ranking U.S. leader in the aftermath of the 2004 Asian tsunami.